Each winner of the 1972 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The winners were given a $2500 cash prize.
Winners
English Language Fiction: Robertson Davies, The Manticore Poetry or Drama: Dennis Lee, Civil Elegies and Other Poems Poetry or Drama: John Newlove, Lies
French Language Fiction: Antonine Maillet, Poetry or Drama: Gilles Hénault, Non-Fiction: Jean Hamelin and Yves Roby,
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